Hat Noppharat
Thara (Noppharat Thara Beach)
Located 6 kilometers from Ao Nang is a famous 3-kilometer long white
sandy beach lined with dense casuarinas and coconut groves. The beach,
paved with tiny seashells, was formerly called "Hat Khlong Haeng",
which means dried canal beach by locals, because the canal dries up
during low tide and the area turns into a long beach. Situated 18
kilometers north-west of Krabi, Hat Noppharat Thara is in fact part
of Hat Noppharat Thara-Mu Ko Phi Phi National Park and is the location
of the Park headquarters. This Park covers a large area both onshore
and offshore and. Reservations for accommodations on the beach should
be made in advance at the Forestry Department in Bangkok, contact
tel. (02) 5797223, 5795734, or at Hat Noppharat Thara National Park,
P.O. Box 23, Amphoe Mueang, Krabi 81000, tel. (075) 6347436.
Ferry services to Ko
Phi Phi are provided from this beach all year round. This beach
can be reached by songthaew from the city at the rate of 20 bahts
and to travel further to Ao Nang, it will cost an additional 10
bahts.
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